What is a human resources social security card?

The social security card is called "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China".

, which is an integrated circuit card (IC card) that is uniformly planned and designed in Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the society by local human resources and social security departments. It is applied to various business fields of human resources and social security, and has the characteristics of "one card has multiple functions" and "national use".

Compared with the original medical insurance card, the new generation social security card is printed with the cardholder's personal basic information: name, gender, ID number, expiration date, avatar, and can also load the bank card number information, which is equivalent to the second "ID card" of the individual.

. The new social security card covers five types of social insurance: pension, medical care, work injury, maternity and unemployment. Its issuance will promote the payment of medical insurance, unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Can be used as a medical certificate, but also can be used to query social security personal accounts. Employees and flexible employees who will participate in social insurance in the future, retirees and unemployed people who receive pension or unemployment insurance from social security institutions, low-income households, children who participate in children's medical insurance, etc. You can apply for social security card.

Different from the old "medical insurance card", the social security card has four functions: first, the voucher function, the cardholder handles personal labor security affairs with the card, and supports the settlement of medical treatment with the card; The second is the recording function, which records the cardholder's labor security information and social insurance payment, pension insurance personal account information, medical insurance personal account information, professional qualifications and skills, employment experience, work-related injuries and occupational disease disability; The third is the financial function, which provides cardholders with the financial function of bank debit card, and completes the payment of social insurance and employment and reemployment preferential policies through the social security card financial account; Fourth, the inquiry function, the cardholder can inquire personal labor security and social insurance professional information in the street (township) labor security service center.

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